Saturday, July 26, 2008

Solar photo voltaic (PV) systems In India

Roth and Rau, a Germany-based solar cell manufacturing solutions provider, sees India emerging as the fourth largest generator of solar energy and a key driver of its global business in the coming years.

"Although still a small market, India is catching up fast with world majors in solar energy generation," Thomas Hengst, vice-president of Roth and Rau, said while speaking about his group's plans for India in this clean energy source.

"Roth and Rau is expecting orders worth as much as 80 million euros from India in 2008 from two million euros at present," Hengst told IANS.

India still is not among the world's top 10 solar energy generators. But at the current pace of 20 percent annual growth, India can emerge as the fourth largest generator of solar energy after Germany, Japan and China in the coming years .

The daily average solar energy incident over India varies from 4-7 kWh per square metres, depending upon the location,

The estimated unit cost of electricity from grid connected solar energy plant is estimated at Rs.12-15 per unit, which is much higher compared to power available from other renewable energy sources like wind and biomass.

So far, around 1.4 million solar photovoltaic systems aggregating to about 110 MW peak solar photovoltaic module capacity have been installed in the country.

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